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Word Of Warning.

The Rome (Ga.) Courier, commenting
upon the glowing reports Of great
spccnlations In real estate in several of
the cities of Alabama and Tennessee, "
takes occasion to say; at should be
borne In mind that the blooms in the
other cities to which we alludc are based
solely upon their prospects OF getting
large iron industries, and that ;hc pres
cht buoyancy Of thc iron trade is due to
an extraordinary demand and sharp adj
vance IN prices, caused chilly by great
activity Ill railroad building. Ii is hard
~ necessary to remind our people of the
precarious tenure of this boom They
have fresh III their memories the vicissi-
tudeS OF the iron business during the hast
iiiteen or twenty years. They hayc seen
the Cornwall aud Round Mountain
Works, once flourishing and prosperous,
closed because OF slack in tho demand
for iron and great fall in its price, and
they know that many other plants of the
same kind, both in the South and the
North, have had either to close or great
~ to curtail operations for tho same
cause Cities dependent upon this one
business Tor tholr prosperity and growth
must needs hold their own or decline
according TO tho fortunes of this busi.
ness, and thoir own lots and noighbor.
ing real estate must fall or rise in price
with the business that gives them their
value. If the great land companies that
arc selling (or perhaps we ought to say
are Offering to selD their lots at such ex-
trayagant prices really mean to establish
the furnaces and other iron works that
arc talked about, this will maintain tho
price of property as long as the boom
in iron continues. Buff they are only
working up an imitation SO as to sell of
their real estate at enormous profits and
intend then to leave the purchasers TO
shift for themselves, tho drop will antici-
pate tho decline in the iron trado.n
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Insultcd at Last.

"Did you SEQ that notice OF your mar
rage in the papab, WeRinald?"
"Naw, old chappie. What did it say?"
"Said you acted disonowably in wan.
ming away with the girl.
"Naw! Well, these aw- -ncwspapahs
don't know anything anyway"
cit said the girl was too good fol
YOU"
"Aw-T don't mind"
'It said you was dude and didn't
have any brains, y knaw."
"Aw-did it? Well, L don't mind"
1T said You didn't know anything
outside of high collahs and dwess.
81 don't care, old chappie."
"And it said your collah was SO high
it was out of style"
"Naw, old fellah, you-aw-donr
mean that?"
"That's what it said"
"By Gawgo, it's inaulting. Whn
popah vas it, Oscah? III demmo, III
sue it fab libel. won't-aw-st stand it.
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Tea - u beverage.

Use china OF porcelain pot Ii you
do use metal, let il be tin, new, bright
and clean never use ii when the til is
worn out and IRON exposed. III You do,
you are playing chemist and forming a
tannatc or tea ate of iron.
Use black tea. Green tea when good
is kept mt home. What goes abroad is
bad, very bad and horrible. Besides
containing the BOB authorizations the Chi.
nrsc phianthrOpist puts up for the out
side barbarian, 1t is always pcryudcd by
copper dust from the dirty curing pans
OF the growers. lnluSc your ten. Don't
Doll 1t. Place ono tcaspoonful OF tea in
the pot and pour on it cups OF boiling
water, that is, water really boiling. Ii
your tea is poor, use more. II is cheaper,
though, to buy good tea at the outset.
Put your pot on the back part of the
stove, carefully covered, so that it shall
not lose its heat, and the tea its bouquet.
Let 1T remain there five minutes, then
drink it,
Drink your tea plain. Don't add milk
or sugar Tea brokers and tCa-tasters
never do; cpicures never do; the Chinese
never do. Milk contains iibrin, albu-
men, or some other stun, and the ten q
delicate amount of tanrin. This tur-
bidity, if | remember the cyclopmdia
Alright, is tannatc of fibrin, or leather.
People who put milk in tea arc there.
fore drinking boots and shoes in mild
disguise. Wong Chin Foo, in the Cook.
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DiCtntod letter
"A SUIP IN a TYPHOON.
How Some Tcmpcst-ToSscd Mariners Got
upa Christmas Pudding.
(From tho G ,lveston, Tex N.ws1


(From tho ,lvcston, Tex N,ws)
The steamer Victoria was not the only
unfortunate vessel that encountered the
severe storm in the Western Ocean and
had to put back for repairs before reach
ing tins port. In conversation with a
gentleman who hus had considerable of
lie on the ocean waves, he gave har-
rowing description of the experience of
the steamer Darlington in the same vio-
lent storm that disabled the Victoria and
crippled three of her crew. On the day
OF the typhoon high waves rolled the
ship rs If it were but cork on the sur
face. 1t was impossible for the men to
keep their feet, and all who could took
refuge in their hunks. Tho sails were
blown away. All the dishes and cooking
utensils were broken and DESTROYED.
There were three feet of water in the
cabins and the stores and provision were
mostly injured or washed out. The
wheel gear, the Chocks and lower bridge
deck were washed away and the star
board light smashed in. The forccastlc
was carried away and the mon had to
stay i'll the sail lockers. 1t was simply
risking ones to go forward or to be on
deck. Several OF the iircmcn and sailors
Mtlt tiSoD4Cu, bltI none seriously III
jurcd. In the judgment OF the officers
on board the Darlington would never
have wcathcred the storm if she had
been heavily laden. The relief men bid
each other goodbye in separating, and
the staunchcSt and oldest seamcn wore
blanchcd faces and resigned themselves
to tho mercics of Providence. The seri-
GUS and frightful part of the voyage was
over The wind had subsidized and the
waves were Icvclcd, but other disagree
able conditions prcvailCd on board.
1t was on Christmas day that all desired
pudding IN commemoration of the an
nivcrsary. Dishes and utensils had been
broken and mashed, and while there
We're considerable provisions in condi-
tion to use there were no facilities for
cooking them. The condition of affairs
called into requisition tho genius Of
Captain William Smith, the chief en-.
gincer, and the first mate, who set to
work to improvisc II vessel in which to
prepare a Christmas pudding. They
secured two pieces OF broken PANS and
bound them closely with copper wire
and closed the seams with flour paste so
that it would hold water tolcrably well.
by this means all hands were treated to
IL very good dinner.
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mako your hair grow and give roscat,
hue to your otherwise gloomy life.
DO not try to come hero again. I
might compromise me. a man in Won,
position may not have anything to risk
but with me it is different. NV unsulhcC
reputation is all have to bcqueath tt
my children. If you como often there
will not be enough of it left to go around,
as have large family.
ii you hear of anybody that wants to
trade good double barrel shot gun for
a small portable worm and rctort that is
too small for my business, ] can give
him good trade on it if he will let YOU
know. This is n good machine for eX-
Pcrimcntal purposes, and being no larger
than II Babcock fire oXtinguisher it can
be readily conveyed to place of safety
at a very rapid rate.
You might say to your friends that we
shall try i'll the future as we have in the
past to keep up the standard Of our
goods, so as to merit continued patron
age.
Citizens of the United States, or those
who have declared their intention to be-
come such, will always be welcomed at
our works, provided they are not Office
hoi'''lo III hHJ CUpucltN. we nave no
use for those who are in any way con-
nectcd with the public tcat
/. Is. MooNSIISE.
Dictated letter.
hope that any one will feel perfectly
Irco to address me i'll relation to any
thing referred to in tho above lcttcr.
All communications containing remit
-ances will be regarded at strictly con
Iiucntial,
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y FAMOUS LION SLAYER.
The Red Ribbon OF France Given to an
Arab Hunter.
lPNri. Lettor N Ionlgn reegrephl

(PnriS Letter in London Tolegraph)
Among the notabihtics on whom the
red ribbon of the Legion Of Honor has
been conferred this new year is u hero
whose one ambition for more than n
quarter of n century has been to win it
by his valor and prowess. Ahmed-ben
Ahmar, the famous slayer of lions in the
Province OF Constantine, in Algeria, has
oven surpassed the celebrated Jules
Gerard III his achievements. SO great
IS the number OF the king of beasts that
he has caused to bite the dust that tho
local authorities to save themselves from
the impending ruin have had to cut
down the reward offered for every lions
skin to one-half in his case. 1t will give
your readers an idea of the services
which this brave Arab rendered to tho
colony when say that it is estimated
that his skill and pluck have from first
to last saved it from losses III the shape
of the cattle killed and dcvourcd by the
fierce animals with which he has waged
an lucCSSant war, amounting to nearly
Gl ,OOO,OOO sterling. This calculation is
based on the fact that the butchers bill
OF each separate lion reaches the respec-
table sum OF ClOO pcrannum. 1t would
be interesting to learn how many human
lives which might otherwise have been
sacrificed have also been prolonged
through the timely intervention of
Ahmed -bGnAhmar. He has at length
obtained the rccompcnsc which he covet-
ed far more than the gold metcd out to
hlm Tor every fresh skin which he
brought to the station.
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y STRANGE DOCu,1ENr.

y Letter from General Gr:,ntto Ills Chic
of stan, Afterwards His Seer ,nv o
war.
The New York Sun publishes ,rn ol
lowing letter, writton by the late G ,ra
John y. Rawlins, and addressed to tn,
late General L. $. Grant, dated "Bcfort
Nlckslurg, Miss, June 9th, 1863, on,
, o'clock, II. III. :"
"Dcur General: The great solicitudo
! lcci Tor the safety OF the army leads IN,
to mention that which [ had hoped never
again to do-thc subject of your drink
| ing. This may surprise you. for I may
he, tond | trust ] ann doing you an in
justice by an uniomdCu suspicion, but
Ii an error it better DC on the side of his
country $ safety than in fear oE Offending
u 1ricnd. have heard that Dr. McAhl-
IAN, a. General Shcrman's few days
ago, jhduccd you, notwithstanding your
pledge to me, to take II glass OF wine,
and to-day, when | found Il box of wine
III front OF your tent and proposed to
move t, which did, [ was told YOU had
forbid its being taken away, for YOU lad
intended to keep it until you had entered
Nicksburg, that you might have it for
your friends; and tonight, when YOU
should because of the condition of your
heath, if nothing else, have been in bed
! lind you Just where the wine bottle
had been empticd, in company with
those who drink and urge you to do
likewise, and the lack of your usual
promptncSS Of decision and clralncss in
expressing yourself III writing tended to
confirm my suspicious.
"1ou can have full control of yOur
appetite and let drinking alone Had
you not pledged me tn" sincerity of y0ur
honor carly last March that you would
Drink no moro during the war, and kept
that p.ed8c during your recent cam
pugn, You would not to-day have stood
first i'll the worlds history as a success
full military Icnder.
"Yom only salvation depends upon
your strict adherence TO that pledge.
You cannot succeed in any other way.
rs have before stated, may bc wrong
III my suspicious, but if one sees that
which leads him to suppose Il sentinel is
falling asleep on his post 1t is his duty to
arouse A,m; and if one sees that thnt
which leads him to fear the general com
mandnS great army is being scduced
to that step which he knows will bring
disgrace upon that general and defeat to
his command it fails to sound the prop
Cr note of warming, the friends, wives
and children of those brave men whose
lives he permits TO remain thus impcriled
VIII accuse him while he lives, and stand
swift witnesses of wrath against him in
the day when all shall be Judged.
"it my suspicious are uuiOunicd, let
my friendship for You and my zeal for
my country be my excuse s"r TIN, letter;
and II they are correctly founded, and
Il. 4g,.,
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BRIGHAM youNG SAID TO nn ALIVE
a Story That lie Has Been Soon Alive Near
Lincoln, Nebraska.

|
oHIcA"o, january la special iron
Liiicoil, NcD., says: Two miles south
vi .hiS Guy s'alldS Il palatlai rcSld"ncc
! owneu ny an English gentleman long
~, nnch'lilc9 WIN the Mormon Church.
- nc rcSluchcc mas Dccn llntenantcd Tor
VIC i"SU C"o years, save by an old ser
,o,iv nIluGu hitc, VINO at one time was
ooinIotc't nt : VIII 'ilG JCZrcIs, OF London,
o:oV Siinll''r 20 th1 horinons. White
I!"iiilS NC was dcll2ndcd by thcm out of
49," pi"pcit{ "i4 "II'lI became con
'oICc't 10 Ihe mormon laiIh. lie Was
t. oo!'oi'IJlc,' - trustworthy lluil, md was
pp'i p"iVi''iy t"hGh lhIo lhc confluence OF
~; ~ ic'.''piH oi tlo Nl"TM"n 'h"rch OF
;'ion' "i''c' according to ih' statements,
10 10 "oo,tO 20 Pofpe'fnto iaud I" which
@ nlu Is UnM ..iT INNS 10 become panty. lie
.iS a%S .. "" in"iIti$ aH" thcrr arrived at
yiiV ''' oi" gentleman bearing
ic.'rl9 IRON ~ ]n"Stct III London, the
P"l poi' ~ "'"'h was 10 opey Ills every
WI "i'lt nu,' ~ N''i, III" presence secret to
,dS aat o>IIl'. ''uS' 20 mi!"h' ne 81" iit to
io'c"i ~ iiiiIlsc!i' Ii'ti "cch persons
IN IS t5"n ' ~ "ilt.' "V Si'G mouse ~ squads.
"cio li0i' J"It Lake my, and
Mnci'l M ioilS whispered cohSui'"1onS with
my mysterious guest. At first did not
GatG S;ttf VINO 10 t, or what he was until little by
t,o'i" ho b"sloie'' rom stray remarks inn'
nc - S' person Oh ho'e' ana soon after the
c.I CtI'|I purSO upon me that he IS none
"r,',i at't't i'iiHlH'h' loIoh%' me great
plUl,iio' Vi VIC cu"Icil, VINO Is 10 nppar-
un.ly ,IaI ~ tt5"r,oc'cI RON INC dcad and
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iSlioi"nV : pcIicNctS DOW at MS lCct ana nc
u,o'ateS 10 'ncm 'ileir ways OF NE. MY
B'tcSI NiSitorS III" mon "l hl&h stand
!ns, as IilcIi "Ple"f"ncG indicates, and 1t
mIn ,,I Il! conleiSat'ol' WIN one OF thCm,
~ "upp"SHIc" rom NC way talked that
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country, under tho control of tho
Worlds executive committee for that
country.
Other plans may bo developed later
on, and suggestions and information are
cordially invited
| would also beg that the suporintond-
cnts of departments will send as early as
convenient, samples of all their leaflets
to me, and to the British secretary, Mrs.
IS. Is. q. Costelloc, 40 Grosvcnor Road,
Westminster, London, S. w. England,
as the nucleus of the proposed central
bureau of literature.
1868 Main Street, Germantown, Pa.
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Hotel Keeping.

Some curious statistics have recently
appeared respecting the results of hotel
keeping in Switzerland There is prob
ably no district in the world which is SO
much of n pleasure resort as this little
republic, and the amount Of money in
vested in providing living accommoda-
tons for pleasure seekers, is probably
much larger there than anywhere else.
There are said to be nearly 900 hotels,
as distinguished from inns and taverns,
these giving employment to Is, 900 SER
wants. The value OF these hotels is about
800, 900, 900, while the furniture is valued
at $l5, 900, 900. The gross annual in-
come, based upon the average of the
last few years, is 100000, 600, the ex-
penses 81, 200 600, leaving net profit of
S3, 400, 900, which is not a largo gain,
considering tho sum of money invested.
1t would be interesting if statistics of
similar character could be collected of
various districts 10 this country, though
we imagine these returns would show
smaller Investments and larger profits
Boston Herald.
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tom heretofore has been to elect officers
ami conduct other important business
ut the Fair meetings of the society, but
the rush incident to the Fair, it is urged,
renders it mconycnicnt and impractical
to transact mt that time business not i'm
mcdiately concerning the exhibition.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-02-09

AT the last meeting of the Cumber-
lnnd Presbyterian Assembly, the use OF
tobacco was condemned by vote of five
to one, and the Reform Presbyterian
Synod refuses to allow tho licensure OF
candidates who use it,
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-02-09
\ Lady's Unfortunate Experience

Was that of one of our acquaintance
who suffered from scrofula, yellow
complexion, and distress of the stomach,
for years before using DIR. Harter's Iron
Tonic, which finally cured her.
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Attaching ih" Ci,ii service Commission.

Something like sensation was caused
IN the District SuprcN!c Court in the
general term III Wa ington by the pro
scntatlon OF II petition attacking the
Civil Service Commission, and asserting
the unconshtutiOnallty OF The law by
virtue CT which 1T exists Tho paper is
headed, ga petition OF rights by McriS 5.
Miller of Alder Creek, Oneida county,
New York, for redress in Il case where
a. i. IdgcrtOn, j. II. Ohcriy and
Charles Lyman, commissioners, and
others are trcspasScrs upon ms civil and
political rights and privileges by cNur-
clsinS unlawful authority and powers
The petition asks for an order on judg-
mont, restraining, cnlOinng and pro
hlDltlnB the commissioners and any and
nlI pcrsopS from exercising the illegal
and unconstitutional powers set forth,
and such other and further redress as
the court shall deem meet to indicate,
the liberties OF the petitioner, and which
will adludgo, determine and declare, that
the people Of the United States arc not
subjects, but sovereign citiIcns; that the
Government Is III substance as well rs in
form, republican. The petition forms Il
printed volume Of nincty-four pages,
most of which arc devoted TO the decln-
ration that the Civil Service law is I'M
constitutional because it confers on the
board created by the legislative branch
OF the government powers of selection
and appointment to Office expressly re-
served to the President by the Constitu
ton Various other reasons arc also set
out in the paper. 1t is believed that
this proceeding is first taken with Wow
to testing the legality of the Commis-
sion's existence. After the petition had
been presented the court stated that the
matter came up in such shape that it
would be necessary to consider whether
it should be taken up directly upon the
basis of petition or be allowed to come
up on cerhfcatiou from the lower court.
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Ordinary astronomy teaches us the theory
of spots on the sun, but Boston astronomy
teaches the lleory Of specs on the daughter.
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Eight thousand women wrote Gin
ton b. Fisk after his nomination for
Governor of Now Jersey, bidding him
God-speed in his fight for temperance
The money which is worse than
wasted every year in this land would pay
the salary Of our Presidents for period
of Ia 800 years.
The law of England which requires
all marriages to take place bef, twelve
o'clock (noon), was enacted because after
that time of day the bridegroom would
bc apt to be too much intoxicated to
enter any contract.
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second Day.

80" '''H'
CoLuMhIA, February B.. The State
Grange met again tins morning accord
mS ." adlounment last night. Several
committees reported. y committee, con
siNun& ul -. /. Duncan, y. +. Butler,
James \, ihpscomO aud J.. j.. Roche,
was appointed to visit 'opartnnbwg to
locatc and make MI necessary arrange
mcnts Tor the Interstate Grange En-
campmcut to be held there this summer.
WI P'"'""'l NIS'' "l'"i-
The following preamble and rnsob,.
tons were unanimouslv adoptcd bv n
rising vote:
Whereas, we have heard with fine deem
est concern and regret that our Past
Worthy Master, u. WYATT Askcn, ispow
lying in Il low and critical condition. the
result OF a stubborn and lingering dis.
case; and, whorcas. om esteemed and
distinguished brother has always been,
heart and soul, the friend of agriculture,
and particularly of this Order; therefore,
be it
Resolved, That this Grange, rccogniz-
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J.. Organization.
2. Preventive work.
3. Educational work.
4. Evangelistic work.
B. Social work.
g. Legal work,
She shall, as mr. rs possible, keep for
sale o supply of all leaflets, ETC., issued
by the workers in the temperance and
social purity reforms all over the world.
with price Lists Of the larger works pub,
lished in every language up TO date. She
shall be authorized to issue from time
to timo such leaflets, etc, as may be
deemed necessary TO further the work OF
tho Worlds Union in her own especial
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-11-26
Personal.

| ZULU.-Thomas Carew will soon be the
aristocrat of Zulu" lie owns half q
block Of ground and will presently have it
covered with dwellings. On the corner of
Chestnut and Washington streets he will
have store, and it is understood, liquid
refreshment department in the rear.
FuNK.-Mr. John Funk, the lucky inheri-
tor of q nice chunk of the Reddick estate,
has rented his farm near Streator. and in
few days will become permanent citizen Of
Ottawa.
HossAcK.-Mss Emma Hossack returned
home from school to spend Thanksgiving.
She was accompanied by her schoolmate, Miss
Engleman, Of Manister, Mich. Boarding
school misses are usually overworked and
starred and judging by Miss Emma and her
friend who are "mere shadows" 1t must be
true. Poor girls, we are sorry for you; but
Will Barnard says Hossack must pay for those
scales you broke.
A-Mr and Mrs. Henry Sargent left this
noon for Guthrie Co., Iowa, where they will
visit their son Charles. From there they
will 90 to Montgomery Co. to visit their
daughter Mrs. A. j. Baker. We wish Mr..
and Mrs. S. a pleasant visit and safe return.
CnI,-Wm. Dewsbury, of Chicago, attend
ed the fremen's ball.
BAIL.-James Bailey, Of Chicago, spent
Thanksgiving with relatives.
HoME.-Mrs. j. ID. Vette, who has been
the guest of friends in Chicago for the past
two months, returned home on Wednesday,
accompanied by her granddaughter Miss
Enge